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University of Agder
Master in Development Management
UT403
Global Environmental Issues (GEI)
An extensive analysis of pollution: The case
of Pollution in Ghana.
I/we confirm that I/we do not refer to others or in any other way use the
work of others witho

Theoretical foundation of the state civil society synergy
According to Evans (1996, p.1124), analysing the state-civil society synergy
can be seen as either an endowment or socially constructed. Endowment
means that the social capital needed to foster thi

TheStateAndCivilSociety
Collaboration between the state and civil society is an issue of comparative
advantage.AsEvans(1996,p.1123)putsitwhenpublicagentsandcitizenshave
sufficiently different kinds of inputs, they can produce more efficiently by
combining

Developing Countries and Resource use
Ostrom (1996, p. 1073) observes that the regular producer of public goods
and services typical of most developing countries is the government. But
other participants such as civil society can only become active in
cop

HealthcaredeliveryintheMfantsemandistrictofGhanaCase
Study
Ghana as a developing country is making relatively great strides in terms of
development. One sector that is however still grappling with challenges is the
healthcaredeliverysystem.Typicalofdevelo

Case Study of Health Measures in Mfantseman district
In order to curtail avoidable deaths, the Mfantseman district health
directorate (DHD) entered into a mutual agreement with the leaders of the
transport union in the district to use their taxies and min

Achieving Developmental Agenda
Debate about the relationship between the state and civil society in
achieving the developmental agenda of a country has been a very
interesting topic among development practitioners. The conventional notion
of the role of t

ResourceManagement
Brutigam and Knack (2004) shows how many African countries (including
Tanzania) have received massive amounts of aid relative to government
expenditure,butstillexperienceddeteriorationsingovernanceandlowertaxshare
ofGDP.McGillivrayandMo

Landlocked with Bad Neighbors
Geography matters. In a longer historical perspective, the theory of Jared
Diamond concerning access to favorable plants and animals that could be
domesticated for livestock and agriculture and the west-east spread of the
Eur

NaturalDisastersandSustainabledevelopment.
AccordingtoMcMillan(1998)disastermanagementistheprocessofaddressing
an event that has the potential to seriously disrupt the social fabric of the
community.Itusuallyinvolvestheusecommunityresourcestofighttheeffec

NATURALDISASTERS
The world for some time now has experienced devastating disasters that have
resultedinthedestructionoflivesandproperties.Mostofthesedisasterssuchas
floods,volcaniceruptions,famines,droughtamongothershavebeendescribedas
naturaldisastersand

Mainstream facets on natural disaster phenomenon.
It is important to explore some mainstream commentaries on the
phenomenon. One of such commentaries has been the debate as to
whether these disasters are indeed natural or triggered as an effect of
some hu

The Gender Perspective Justification.
The development management policy of countries is based on gender
sensitivity of natural disasters. One prominent argument that has been
made regarding the natural disaster phenomenon is that, when it occurs,
women us

TheroleofCBOsandLocalparticipation.
Managementagenciesshoulddevelopandsensitizecitizensonearlywarningsigns
andalsorelyonlocalparticipationandcommunitybasedorganizations(CBOs)in
thedesigningofanydisastermanagementstrategy.
This recommendation is based on t

The role of cultural beliefs in perceiving natural disasters:
The G/god factor
An interesting dimension in the natural disaster debate is the recurring
perception that natural disasters are acts of God or deities (god). Precisely
that these disasters are

TheNaturalResourceTrap:CaseStudyofTanzania
The natural resource trap puts particular emphasis on natural resources that is
revenuesexceedingnormalprofitmargins,suchasforexampleoilanddiamonds.
The problem with these is that they cause democracy to malfunct

The Conflict Trap
The three main factors making a country prone to civil war are according to
Paul Collier low income, slow growth, and primary commodity dependence.
Actually, conflict both cause and is a consequence of poverty as Collier
points to, and a

University of Agder
Master in Development Management
UT403
Global Environmental Issues (GEI)
An extensive analysis of pollution: The case
of Pollution in Ghana.
Individual term paper
Deadline: 02/10/12
Pages: 7
I/we confirm that I/we do not refer to other